Anna Wilhelmina Hierta-Retzius, née Hierta, was a Swedish women's rights activist and philanthropist.
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Anna Wilhelmina Hierta-Retzius, née Hierta, was a Swedish women's rights activist and philanthropist. She was the co-founder and secretary of the Married Woman's Property Rights Association (1873), founder and chairperson of the evening school Torsdagsskolan in 1864-1874, member of the board in the Bikupan association in 1870-1887, Vice Chairperson of the Married Woman's Property Rights Association in 1886-1893, member of the board of the Stiftelsen Lars Hiertas Minne in 1878-1911 and its Vice Chairperson in 1911-1924, co-worker in Aftonbladet in 1884-1887, founder of the Adolf Fredriks arbetsstuga för barn in 1887, Chairperson of the central committee of the Stockholm work houses in 1889-1909, chairperson of the Swedish National Council of Women (SKNF) in 1899-1911, Vice Chairperson of the International Council of Women (ICW) in 1904-1909.
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